Surfex
BCF partnered with
Surfex in 2018 for the
BCF’s Wayne Smith presents at Surfex
UK coatings industry
exhibition. The event
took place in May at the
covered the need for
Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
importers and downstream
The show brings an
users placing mixtures on
essential focus to surface
the market to provide
coatings technologies
information to appointed
and offers attendees
bodies/poison centres, using
the opportunity to
an agreed harmonised format,
BCF team at the World Coatings Council
discover new ideas,
electronically.
source information for
immediate use in their working environment, and find answer to
A new unique formula identifier will have to be put on the label
any technical challenges.
of products to enable appropriate emergency medical response
to be provided. The new Regulation will apply (depending on
During Surfex, BCF led a series of industry focused presentations Brexit) to mixtures for consumer use as of 1 January 2020 and
with CEO Tom Bowtell presenting on Brexit, Director of
for professional and industrial use as of 1 January 2021 and
Regulatory Affairs Wayne Smith on TiO 2 and Head of Marketing
1 January 2024, respectively. The workshop also covered the
Tania Morrill on careers and training.
notification of a formulation via the Central Notification Portal
and the European Product Categorisation System.
With over 1,100 visitors, Surfex attracted visitors from across
IPPIC/World Coatings Council
the market including formulating, development and R&D
chemists, brand/product managers, buyers, senior company
executives, international attendees and students.
The International Paint and Printing Inks Council was re-named
the World Coatings Council at the annual meeting in Paris in
Advanced Engineering Show
January 2019. This new name will give the organisation better
recognition on the global stage, but the core remit will remain
The BCF had a presence at the Advanced Engineering Show
the same. The Council also will still represent global issues for
(AES) at the NEC in Birmingham, which ran over two days,
the printing ink sector at the United Nations. The meeting in
from 31st November to 1st October 2018. The AES is the UK’s
January had a workshop focussed on sustainability, and a new
largest annual gathering of manufacturing OEMs & supply chain
project is planned, to look at the UN’s 17 global sustainability
professionals with more than 15,000 visitors over two days.
goals, and see how coatings can contribute to them. This will be
published and used in discussions with the UN, NGOs and other
BCF is a regular partner of the AES, as it presents an excellent
stakeholders, to show the positive impact our industry has in
opportunity to promote the coatings sector to engineering
many areas.
supply chain professionals. The show also welcomes many
students from nearby universities, offering an opportunity to
Key global projects for the World Coatings Council in 2019 and
promote the coatings sector to the next generation of talent.
beyond are:
• Anti-microbial/biocides defence
Poison Centres Workshop
• Contribute to the debate on microplastics in paints and
coatings
Spectra House was full when the BCF ran a workshop on
• Take part in the Responsible Mica initiative
the amendment to the EU CLP (classification labelling and
• Fight against the TiO 2 classification in Europe
packaging) Regulation, Annex VIII, that introduces a new
• Support the UN in the Lead Paint Alliance, to get legislation
standardised reporting obligation for information related to
passed in over 100 countries that still allow lead in
emergency health response.
decorative paint
• Work on global transport/packaging & labelling issues, and
The members-only workshop on Poison Centres was presented
global standards
by Janice Robinson, CEPE and Wayne Smith, BCF. The topics
• Support the global marine and antifouling groups
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